Beauprez exposes terrible secret! Ritter doomed!
Why should voters turn on Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill Ritter, according to his GOP opponent, Both Ways Bob Beauprez? The Denver Post reports that Beauprez is outraged at the fact that Ritter supported instant background checks at gun shows.
Oh no! We're doomed! I mean, nobody will vote for a candidate who wanted to close gun show loopholes. Gosh, is it too late for me to switch parties?
All kidding aside, this latest smear - if it's even a smear - is silly. Even libertarian writer Dave Kopel - a member of the NRA, the Cato Institute and the Independence Institute; a contributor to The National Review; and an opponent of closing the gun show loophole - praised Ritter's position on this issue as recently as 2002:
[Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter] would direct his enforcement attention exclusively to genuine gun shows. The District Attorney's good judgment deserves commendation, but no one can guarantee that all future prosecutors will have similarly good judgment.
And didn't Bob Beauprez himself support Amendment 22, which requires background checks at gun shows? According Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which calls itself Colorado's No-Compromise Gun Rights Organization, "Beauprez has a history of supporting gun control: he was one of the signers of the 2000 SAFE ballot initiative to close the gun show 'loophole.'"
And the libertarian Colorado Freedom Report concurred:
Republican State Chair Bob Beauprez supports the initiative to expand background registration checks at gun shows, but he was unable to cite any evidence suggesting such legislation will make society safer. "I'm not interested in debating it," he said.
So basically what we've learned is that Ritter has a sane approach to gun control that has won praise from the right and left. And Both Ways Bob is a huge hypocrite.
Oh no! We're doomed! I mean, nobody will vote for a candidate who wanted to close gun show loopholes. Gosh, is it too late for me to switch parties?
All kidding aside, this latest smear - if it's even a smear - is silly. Even libertarian writer Dave Kopel - a member of the NRA, the Cato Institute and the Independence Institute; a contributor to The National Review; and an opponent of closing the gun show loophole - praised Ritter's position on this issue as recently as 2002:
[Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter] would direct his enforcement attention exclusively to genuine gun shows. The District Attorney's good judgment deserves commendation, but no one can guarantee that all future prosecutors will have similarly good judgment.
And didn't Bob Beauprez himself support Amendment 22, which requires background checks at gun shows? According Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which calls itself Colorado's No-Compromise Gun Rights Organization, "Beauprez has a history of supporting gun control: he was one of the signers of the 2000 SAFE ballot initiative to close the gun show 'loophole.'"
And the libertarian Colorado Freedom Report concurred:
Republican State Chair Bob Beauprez supports the initiative to expand background registration checks at gun shows, but he was unable to cite any evidence suggesting such legislation will make society safer. "I'm not interested in debating it," he said.
So basically what we've learned is that Ritter has a sane approach to gun control that has won praise from the right and left. And Both Ways Bob is a huge hypocrite.
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